Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to condemn alt-right white supremacy

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post

Members of the Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday to condemn a white nationalist group during their annual convention, but only after fierce backlash following their decision a day earlier not to move forward with a resolution opposing the movement.

The decision was met with a standing ovation as about 5,000 members of the denomination voted to affirm their opposition to the alt-right movement, which seeks a whites-only state. But it was not a decision easily reached.

Dwight McKissic, a black pastor from Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Tex., had introduced the resolution calling on the denomination to make it clear it had no sympathy for the alt-right.

“I saw people identifying themselves as Southern Baptist and members of the alt-right, so this is horrifying to me,” McKissic said. “I wanted the Southern Baptist Convention to make it very clear we have no relationship to them.”

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And in Hell today...

[Phoenix61]

1. Awesome!!!

So glad to hear that. There is no place in a faith community for the alt-right. Actually there shouldn't be anyplace for them at all but definitely not in a faith community.

[juxtaposed]

2. I was afraid to would be tabled!!

[Marthe48]

3. Positive news, positive action

on a day that started out so bad. I am glad to see some affirming news!

[samnsara]

4. dear southern baptists..welcome to the 21st century...and good for you!

[LonePirate]

5. It was not a decision reached easily?

Thankfully enough of them took a few minutes to adopt a position Jesus would have supported.

[paleotn]

6. About time...

for a denomination born from the diabolical idea that one human being can own other human beings like goats and sheep. It's about damn time.

[DorothyG]

13. What is the connection between Baptists and human ownership?

What is the history?

[Tanuki]

17. As a denomination, Baptists tended to be abolitionists as a matter of principle

and biblical interpretation. In the 1840's, this led to conflict in the slave-holding states. A schism occurred and self-identified "Southern Baptists" split off and twisted themselves into knots defending the institution of slavery. It is an ugly and shameful legacy (speaking as one who grew up attending a Southern Baptist church), and although they have long ago renounced slavery, they have drifted backwards since the 1970s and the leadership and members alike have been associated with extreme political and social conservatism.

[DorothyG]

24. thanks for the info

I didn't realize the 'Southern' prefix denoted such a big distinction between two denominations.

[paleotn]

18. The Baptists split

North and South in 1845 over the issue of slavery. Those in the south who supported slavery formed the SBC.

[Willie Pep]

7. Good for them.

I vaguely recall that some Southern Baptist leaders weren't comfortable with Trump because of his rhetoric and because some of his followers were outright white nationalists.

[Hekate]

8. Really beautiful news, and I mean that

[pecosbob]

9. It's an odd thing

but this may be the first time I have ever felt any 'pride' for having been raised a Southern Baptist.

[Stallion]

10. Bravo! Didn't Think They Had It in Them

[Lil Missy]

11. Well well, that's a start.

[Ilsa]

12. They know the world is watching. nt

[Gothmog]

14. This is great news

[bobbieinok]

15. Jimmy Carter

IIRC Carter's church in GA split when a black man tried to join the church. Must have been in the 60s.

[tblue37]

19. Carter himself left the SBC over its misogyny. nt

[OriginalGeek]

16. Vote for show

Hate for dough.


Sorry, I don't believe em.

[heaven05]

20. you are right

won't change the mindset and appreciation of white supremacist thought among the white male leadership or it's lay group...period. I know how deeply entrenched, since Slavery Era inception/creation, racism is in that denomination.

[OriginalGeek]

22. My methodist cousin was fond of asking me

"You know why i have to take at least 2 baptists fishing?"
"Because if I only take 1 he'll drink all my beer..."

I thought it was funny because i grew up in a fundie, independent baptist home. They were more strict than the southerns. But growing up in it I saw behind the scenes enough to know many many people who had their church face and their every other day face.

When you have ministers who routinely tell "N" jokes (from the pulpit) and youth pastors who openly "Hate N....s"* it's pretty hard to take any of this recent proclamation seriously.


*My youth pastor in high school was estranged from his brother because his brother played banjo in a dixie-land jazz band. And that was "N music".

[riversedge]

21. cnn: After high drama, Southern Baptists denounce the 'alt-right'

was going to post this but I see you have it already



After high drama, Southern Baptists denounce the 'alt-right'

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/southern-baptist-convention-alt-right/?iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool



Chris Moody

By Chris Moody, CNN Senior Digital Correspondent

Updated 7:29 PM ET, Wed June 14, 2017
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Story highlights

Southern Baptist Convention leaders held a late-night Tuesday meeting
The group was debating whether to condemn the alt-right

Phoenix, Arizona (CNN)The Southern Baptist Convention moved to denounce the "alt-right" white nationalist movement Wednesday, a collective decision that occurred only after pastors pushed back against denominational leaders who initially chose not to address the issue.

At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists agreed to a statement decrying "every form of racism, including alt-right white supremacy, as antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

Denominational leaders had planned not to vote on a resolution about race relations, but reversed course following an outcry on the floor of the convention the day before. Leaders worked through the night to craft an updated resolution after the original text failed to gain traction on the first day of the convention.

The debate began when Rev. Dwight McKissic, a black pastor from Arlington, Texas, called on Southern Baptists to formally condemn the movement's "retrograde ideologies, xenophobic biases, and racial bigotries" and re-affirm its opposition to racism in the aftermath of a presidential election that saw the rise of a small movement of nationalist and white supremacists that coalesced in support of President Donald Trump...............

[Squinch]

23. Well, well. And all it took was the national media exposing their reluctance to do so.

Did they think no one noticed?